Non-Profit Alumni Relations U.S. Postage Towson University PAID 8000 York Road Towson University Towson, MD 21252-0001 Change Service Requested Pass along any duplicate copies to a friend and advise us of error by sending back your mailing label. Thank you. Parents: If this issue is addressed to a son or daughter who no longer maintains an address at your home, please send the correct address to Alumni Relations, Towson University, 8000 York Road, Towson, MD 21252-0001. VISITING As part of Towson University’s year-long 150th anniversary celebration, SPEAKERS experts from around the nation are SERIES coming to campus for a speakers series. NICOLE SHERROD, managing CHRISTINE A. OGREN, director of the Trader Group, TD associate professor of educational Ameritrade, Inc., has more than policy and leadership studies at 15 years of experience in the the University of Iowa, is the author financial services industry and of the book, The American State is a leading advocate for young Normal School: “An Instrument investors and women. of Great Good.” “Millennials and Investing” “The History and Significance of Teacher Preparation Thursday, October 29 Programs” 6 p.m. Auburn House, by donation Wednesday, November 18 6 p.m. Presented by the College Cook Library, Rm. 507 of Business and Economics $50; Attendees also will have a special opportunity to view and touch rare Towson University FOR MORE INFORMATION historical artifacts. AND TO FIND THE SPRING Presented by Albert PRESENTATIONS, VISIT S. Cook Library TU150.TOWSON.EDU IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN 8 Former Tiger standout John Schuerholz ’62, president of the Atlanta Braves, scores big in Major League Baseball. FEATURES DRILLING AND DOLLARS 12 TU’s Regional Economic Studies Institute analyzed the economic impact of natural gas exploration and extraction in Western Maryland. WE WENT TO CUBA 14 CBE professors and students get a front-row seat to an island about to be flooded by a sea of cultural and economic change. SAYING GOODBYE 16 Memorial service celebrates the life and legacy of President Maravene Loeschke ’69/’71. RHYME ’N’ REASON 20 Jamaal Collier ’05 mixes artistry and education as ‘Mr. Root.’ PRESIDENT’S LETTER 2 NEWS AND NOTES 3 ALUMNI NEWS 23 SECU Partnership Remembering Elizabeth Wainio DEPARTMENTS Award Recipients Pirate Cruise PHILANTHROPY 32 The Wright Scholarship Herman C. Bainder ’35 Legacy Walkway Dedication Donors meet recipients at the Foundation Scholars luncheon CLASS NOTES 36 Hitting the “Bullseye” Money Matters Green Bean Supreme Towson students in Project Serve filled up bins with moun- tains of green beans when they volunteered at the Maryland Food Bank in September. The food bank “nurtures the belief FIND MORE ONLINE that together we can improve the lives of Marylanders by magazine.towson.edu ending hunger.” FROM THE PRESIDENT NEWS & NOTES LOOK BACK he fall semester is well underway with Fine Arts And Communication, Health Profes- more than 22,284 students who are sions, Liberal Arts, Science And Mathematics— T embarking on innovative educational will explore issues and offer insights into the journeys at Towson. complexities of our time. INITIATION We also welcomed a new cadre of bright We are also excited to host University Sys- and talented faculty and staff, who will join our tem of Maryland Chancellor Robert Caret, a An elaborate freshman initiation underscore what it meant to dedicated professionals in challenging our former TU president, who will spend a full day ritual began in 1931. The be a student at Towson: “The students with innovative and cutting-edge on campus to meet with faculty, staff, students, Student Council, dressed as campus is yours, the school is pedagogy and research. alumni and supporters. He also has plans to tour Greek maidens, became “The yours, the responsibility is yours.” As we mark our 150th anniversary of serving Towson University in Northeastern Maryland Spirit of Education” as they in- In 1945, an article in The the state and region through higher education, and connect with business and government ducted freshmen into the college Towerlight reported that we are celebrating another milestone—more leaders there. during the “Lighting of the Way.” “For the first time in history, than 150,000 graduates are now around the Our Towson campus continues to evolve. We Carrying lighted torches, these the induction service was held globe, making an extraordinary impact on the are putting finishing touches on the Campus “spirits” led freshmen from Rich- during the day.” nation and the world. Master Plan, our blueprint for future construc- mond Hall to the Administration After World War II, the school Many of them will return to campus for tion and renovation. Other projects include the Building (now Stephens Hall). replaced the staid lighting Homecoming weekend, joining students and $40 million Burdick expansion and our critical The new students recited the in- ceremony with a celebration fans for the football game and family-friendly need for a new science building to meet the duction pledge and sang. Finally of Halloween. The tradition festivities. They will be among the first to state’s needs in STEM graduates and educators. the Spirit of Education would ended in 1968. “More than 150,000 hear the debut of a new song, Towson’s Alma We are committed to creating a flourishing Mater, selected from entries nationwide. The landscape which advances our 150-year-old graduates are now around tune reflects the traditions and sentiments of tradition of scholarship. the globe, making an our university experience. Our 150th Speaker Series offers engagement extraordinary impact on and learning opportunities for the community. the nation and the world.” Six lectures from leading experts in each of our —Timothy Chandler colleges—Education, Business And Economics, INTERIM PRESIDENT Making the Grade Towson gets high marks from U.S. News Nursing Department & World Report and Washington Monthly Receives Grant The U.S. News & World $1.65 million will expand associate- Report 2016 America’s Best Colleges guide ranks to-bachelor’s degree program Towson University 12th in its Top Public Schools – The College of Health Professions‘ Regional Universities Department of Nursing—led by Bonnie TOWSON (North) category, placing Fuller, Beth Crusse and Lori Armstrong it among the best of the —received a $1.65 million grant over 48 institutions surveyed. five years from the Maryland Higher Timothy Chandler Lori Marchetti Contributors www.towson.edu The university occupies 53rd place in U.S. News’ list of 131 Education Commission. The money Interim President Art Director/Designer Megan Bradshaw, Christine rankings of private and public regional institutions in the North. Collins, Ray Feldmann ’77, www.towsonalumnimagazine.com will expand nursing degree completion Ginny Cook Kanji Takeno In addition, TU is included in America’s Best Colleges’ Daryl Lee Hale, Kyle Hobstetter education through the associate-to- Editor Staff Photographer http://magazine.towson.edu Best Colleges for Veterans, placing 39th among 50 public and Jan Lucas bachelor’s (ATB) degree completion Lori Armstrong Assistant Photographer and private regional institutions in the North. program. Office of Alumni Associate Vice President, Lauren Castellana Washington Monthly ranked Towson No. 201 in a list of “It is exciting to be recognized for our innovative approaches to providing Relations Alumni Relations 684 U.S. public and private institutions (Master’s University avenues for registered nurses to acquire their baccalaureate degree in 410-704-2234 or category) in its 2015 College Guide and Rankings. nursing,” says Fuller. “Towson U nursing has been a leader in designing 800-887-8152 Washington Monthly rates schools based on their contribu- and offering the associate to bachelor’s dual degree enrollment program tion to the public good in three broad categories: social mobil- with CCBC and Hagerstown Community Colleges, which has served as a ity (recruiting and graduating low-income students), research model for other programs in the state.” Published three times a year by the Division of Marketing and Communications for Towson University’s alumni, faculty, staff and friends. Please send comments and contributions to Towson, (producing cutting-edge scholarship and Ph.D.s), and service TU’s nursing department was the first educational program in Maryland Marketing and Communications, Towson University, 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252-0001. Telephone: 410-704-2230. Please send address changes to Alumni Relations, Towson University, (encouraging students to give something back to their country) 8000 York Rd., Towson, MD 21252-0001 or email [email protected]. to offer the ATB program, where students can pursue concurrently In addition, TU ranks 35th of 402 U.S. public and private associate and bachelor’s degrees. master’s universities in Washington Monthly’s 2015 “Best-Bang-for-the-Buck” (Northeast Schools) list. 2 3 NEWS & NOTES NEWS & NOTES “It’s not just a picture from “Believe in Baltimore.” The plea The Valuing Diversity New a helicopter or plane; it’s the NUGGETS for positive change in the wake Faculty Research Grant, a NOTEBOOK land coverage, how much area of the riots debuted July 22. $3,000 award, supports under- is a certain land type, and The collaboration among art- represented faculty in business how it has changed over time,” ists was one of the largest schools, assisting them during Best—Again Schoelen explains. Ruby Grants in the history of Baltimore’s the first two years of their Through the Junior Fellow- music scene. careers. For the second ship program, Lattick, paired All of the song’s lyrics were Vinuales researches visual straight year, with a curator, catalogued the written and sung by middle communication in online net- Towson’s chap- jade and greenstone objects school students in the program, works and its impact on brand TOP 100 ter of Theta in the library’s Jay I.